Pokémon TCG Pocket gets new competition and it is the same as in the 1990s

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Pokémon TCG Pocket is an offshoot for the smartphone in which players can collect cards for free. But the mobile game could now get the same competition that already existed in the anime area-what a déjà vu!

What kind of competition is it about? Bandai Namco has indicated a new cell phone game for Digimon with a small teaser. In the clip on X, Renamon, which you may know from the third season of the anime, picks up a cell phone. When it touches the screen, it is sucked in by the cell phone.

Unfortunately, there is no more information, except that it should be a “new card game project”. Further details are only to be revealed at the Digimon Con. This will take place on March 19, 2025 at 3:00 a.m. in the morning.

With this, Pokémon TCG Pocket could get a new competitor on the smartphone. In both games it will probably be about collecting monsters in card form. This great rivalry between Pokémon and Digimon decreases for many years.

The big highlight of the Digimon Con will be a different video game:

Digimon Story Time Stranger: German trailer for anime game

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Pokémon and Digimon are large competitors

Why are you rivals? There are colorful monsters in both Pokémon and Digimon that are captured and used in combat. The beings can also be maintained and have the opportunity to turn into stronger forms. The great thing in common, which is available on both franchises, are therefore the monsters.

However, Pokémon has prevailed and has become the largest anime franchise in the world. This is due to several factors:

  • Both Pokémon and Digimon had an anime that ran on RTL 2 in the 1990s at the same time. However: Pokémon started 2 years more as Digimon. There is also an iconic duo with Ash and Pikachu that has been seen on TV for decades. At Digimon, the protagonists change in every season.
  • The video games from Pokémon have become successful thanks to Nintendo and still regularly produce new generations today.
  • Pokémon has also prevailed in the mobile market, an area that is becoming increasingly important. There are many more games here that fans can download (via Pokémon). At Digimon you can count the cell phone games on one hand (via Digipedia).

    • That is why the Pokémon brand is now around 17 times as valuable as that of Digimon.

    What else can we expect from Digimon Con? Digimon Story Time Stranger will be a big highlight in the video game area. It is a game that is to be released in 2025. The players travel back and forth between the human and digi world: for many it is the “better Pokémon”, now Digimon is getting a new game for Steam, PS5 and Xbox

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